Reduce our carbon footprint

Set up more videoconference rooms and supply portable videoconference materials

Use electric vehicles for on-campus maintenance

Create 450 bicycle parking spots

Optimise the automobile fleet

Work with other scientific institutions, universities and local authorities to help develop regional sustainable development policies.

Conserve our natural heritage

Exotic and Mediterranean vegetation flourish across the Montpellier SupAgro campus. In the arboretum, pathways meander through mature trees, some representing very rare species. The experimental vineyard, planted with 32 vine varieties, is a living classroom, and the vegetable garden is open to all students and staff.

Limit water consumption

Favour alternative natural resources

Reduce watering

Calculate more precisely the need for watering

Update grounds maintenance methods

Stop using herbicides and pesticides

Use shredded wood obtained from pruning to supply straw replacements

Plant hedges using existing plants as a source of saplings

Take cuttings and use layering to generate new plants and weed either by hand or with mechanical tools

Plant bulbs and sow seeds rather than planting seedlings

Promote gender equality

In 2013, Montpellier SupAgro signed the Gender Parity Charter developed by theConférence des Grandes Ecoles, a non-profit association of higher education institutions in France. Since then, we have regularly conducted surveys to assess and promote gender equality among students and staff.

These surveys have helped identify two objectives:

Promote awareness

Develop female entrepreneurship

and our strengths:

Part-time, flexi-time work schedules

70% of students in the French Agricultural Engineering Diploma Course are female

School statutes - consideration of gender parity is compulsory when electing members to the Board of Directors.

Build a diverse student body

Montpellier SupAgro has signed two conventions seeking to encourage candidates from diverse social and economic backgrounds to join our institution. Assistance is provided to individuals requiring extra support in the application process. For more information, see: